Live music in West Haven, CT

Jon Batiste performs live in New Haven, Connecticut, giving fans an opportunity to hear his music in person.

Summer @ The Well is a seasonal social series at The Well, a pub on the lower level of Yale Schwarzman Center, that brings live music alongside opportunities to connect. This edition spotlights the Jeff Brock Trio. Jeff Brock, a Yale professor and accomplished jazz musician, performs with his trio for the final Summer @ The Well before the new academic year begins. He serves as Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and holds the William S. Massey Professorship of Mathematics, as well as a professorship in Statistics & Data Science.

Westville Music Bowl hosts a live concert featuring Jon Batiste, presented by Premier Concerts, Manic Presents, and Bowery Presents. All ages are welcome. Batiste is an eight-time Grammy winner and an Academy Award and Emmy Award winning singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist known for a genre-blending approach that champions inclusivity and cultural exploration. His latest studio album, Big Money, draws on American traditions spanning gospel, soul, blues, folk, and rock and roll. With collaborators including No I.D., Randy Newman, and Andra Day, it earned three nominations at the 2026 Grammy Awards and won Best Americana Album. He supported the release with a national headlining run that stopped at more than 30 venues and saw frequent sellouts. Before that, he launched a solo piano series with Beethoven Blues, reimagining iconic Beethoven works through an expansive lens. The album held the top spot on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart for nine weeks and delivered his biggest sales week to date. In 2023 he released World Music Radio, a globe-spanning collection featuring Jon Bellion, Lana Del Rey, and Lil Wayne, which received five Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. That same year, Matthew Heineman’s Netflix documentary American Symphony, created in partnership with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, followed Batiste through a period marked by nine Grammy nominations and five wins for his album We Are while he faced his wife’s cancer recurrence. He co-wrote the film’s original song It Never Went Away, which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Earlier releases in 2020 brought Grammy nominations for Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard and Meditations with Cory Wong. His film work includes contributing the score for Jason Reitman’s 2024 film Saturday Night, depicting the hectic lead-up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1975, and composing and performing music for Disney and Pixar’s Soul, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Score alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Soul also garnered a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, an NAACP Image Award, and a Critics’ Choice Award. From 2015 to 2022, Batiste served as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Immerse yourself in authentic blues in North Haven with Rocky Lawrence, a seasoned guitarist and singer whose performances honor the legacy of Robert Johnson. Recognized for stepping onstage in a matching suit, a Dobbs hat, and two-tone shoes with a well-worn Gibson Robert Johnson model, he plays and sings with unwavering conviction. His musical path began on trumpet at nine, then turned to guitar at eleven under the spell of Jimi Hendrix, which led him to Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Son House. He often points out that Johnson drew from artists like Son House and Lonnie Johnson, a lineage that resonates in every note. Enjoy soulful storytelling through classic blues, complemented by boutique wines and hard ciders from Apple Theory Cidery.

Enjoy live music at the Sandpiper.

Classic rock takes center stage at Z's Corner Cafe in a performance dedicated to the memory of Daniel Morgan Lynch. Ann Marie Minopoli, Anthony Appese, Peter Lucibelli, and Ken Kraynak lead the lineup, and a few special guests may make an appearance.